IBM X121E User Manual

HardwareMaintenanceManual

ThinkPadX121e

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadthegeneralinformation

underAppendixA“Notices”onpage103.

FirstEdition(July2011)

©CopyrightLenovo2011.

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Contents

Aboutthismanual...........iii

Chapter1.Safetyinformation.....1

Generalsafety................1

Electricalsafety...............2

Safetyinspectionguide............3

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostatic

discharge..................3

Groundingrequirements............4

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)......4

Chapter2.Importantservice

information..............19

StrategyforreplacingFRUs.........19

Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive...20
Importantnoticeforreplacingasystem

board................20

Howtouseerrormessage........20

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV ,and

GAV...................20

Productdenition............20

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV ,andGAV

products...............21

Chapter3.Generalcheckout.....23

Whattodorst..............23

Checkoutguide..............24

DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS....24

LenovoThinkVantageT oolbox.......26

FRUtests...............27

Powersystemcheckout...........28

Checkingtheacpoweradapter......28

Checkingoperationalcharging......29

Checkingthebatterypack........29

Checkingthebackupbattery.......30

Chapter4.Relatedservice

information..............31

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecovery

DiscSet.................31

Passwords................32

Power-onpassword...........32

Harddiskpassword...........32

Supervisorpassword..........33

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword...33
Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword...33

Powermanagement............34

Screenblankmode...........34

Sleep(standby)mode..........34

Hibernationmode...........35

Symptom-to-FRUindex...........35

Numericerrorcodes..........36

Errormessages............37

Beepsymptoms............37

No-beepsymptoms...........37

LCD-relatedsymptoms.........38

Intermittentproblems..........38

Undeterminedproblems.........39

Chapter5.Statusindicators.....41

Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations...43

Chapter7.FRUreplacement

notices................45

Screwnotices...............45

Retainingserialnumbers...........46

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystem

unit.................46

RetainingtheUUID...........47

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation...47

Chapter8.Removingandreplacinga

FRU..................49

BeforeservicingThinkPadX121emodels....49

1010Batterypack.............50

1020Bottomslotcover...........51

1030Memorymodules...........52

1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive

assembly.................53

1050PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN..54
1060PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN..56

1070Keyboard..............57

1080Powersubcardandmicrophone.....59

1090T opcaseassembly...........60

1100Bluetoothdaughtercard........62

1110Speakerassembly...........63

1120I/Oboard..............64

1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,and

backupbattery..............65

1140CRTboardassembly(withcable).....67

1150DC-insubcardandbasecoverassembly..68

2010LCDunit...............71

2020LCDbezelassembly..........73

2030Integratedcamera...........74

2040LCDpanel,LCDcable,andhinges....75

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2050WirelessLANantennaassembly,wireless
WANantennaassembly,andLCDrearcover

assembly.................76

Chapter9.Locations.........79

Frontview................79

Rearview.................80

Bottomview...............80

Chapter10.Partslist.........81

Overall..................82

LCDFRUs................90

Keyboard.................94

Miscellaneousparts............95

acpoweradapters.............95

Powercords...............96

Recoverydiscs..............97

WindowsXPProfessional(32-bit)DVDs...97
WindowsVistaBusiness(32-bit)DVDs...97
Windows7HomeBasic(32-bit)DVDs...98
Windows7HomePremium(32-bit)DVDs..98
Windows7HomePremium(64-bit)DVDs..99
Windows7Professional(32-bit)DVDs...99
Windows7Professional(64-bit)DVDs...100

Windows7Ultimate(32-bit)DVDs.....101

Windows7Ultimate(64-bit)DVDs.....101

Windows7Starter(32-bit)DVDs......101

Commonservicetools...........102

AppendixA.Notices........103

Electronicemissionsnotices.........104

Trademarks................104

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Aboutthismanual

ThismanualcontainsserviceandreferenceinformationforthefollowingThinkPad

ThinkPadX121e

Machinetypes(MT)3045,3048,3049,3051,3053,3055

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products.

Usethismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblems.

Important:

ThismanualisintendedonlyfortrainedservicetechnicianswhoarefamiliarwithThinkPadproducts.Use
thismanualalongwiththeadvanceddiagnosticteststotroubleshootproblemseffectively.
BeforeservicingaThinkPadproduct,besuretoreadalltheinformationunderChapter1“Safety
information”onpage1andChapter2“Importantserviceinformation”onpage19.

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Chapter1.Safetyinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingsafetyinformationthatyouneedtobefamiliarwithbeforeyouservice
aThinkPadNotebook.

•“Generalsafety”onpage1

•“Electricalsafety”onpage2

•“Safetyinspectionguide”onpage3

•“Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge”onpage3

•“Groundingrequirements”onpage4

•“Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)”onpage4

Generalsafety

Followtheserulestoensuregeneralsafety:

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareaofthemachinesduringandaftermaintenance.

•Whenliftinganyheavyobject:

1.Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

2.Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

3.Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouattempttolift.

4.Liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles;thisactionremovesthestrainfromthe
musclesinyourback.Donotattempttoliftanyobjectthatweighsmorethan16kg(35lb)orthat

youthinkistooheavyforyou.

•Donotperformanyactionthatcauseshazardstothecustomer,orthatmakestheequipmentunsafe.

•Beforeyoustartthemachine,makesurethatotherservicetechniciansandthecustomer'spersonnelare
notinahazardousposition.

•Placeremovedcoversandotherpartsinasafeplace,awayfromallpersonnel,whileyouareservicing
themachine.

•Keepyourtoolcaseawayfromwalkareassothatotherpeoplewillnottripoverit.

•Donotwearlooseclothingthatcanbetrappedinthemovingpartsofamachine.Makesurethatyour
sleevesarefastenedorrolledupaboveyourelbows.Ifyourhairislong,fastenit.

•Inserttheendsofyournecktieorscarfinsideclothingorfastenitwithanonconductiveclip,about8
centimeters(3inches)fromtheend.

•Donotwearjewelry,chains,metal-frameeyeglasses,ormetalfastenersforyourclothing.

Attention:Metalobjectsaregoodelectricalconductors.

•Wearsafetyglasseswhenyouarehammering,drilling,soldering,cuttingwire,attachingsprings,using
solvents,orworkinginanyotherconditionsthatmightbehazardoustoyoureyes.

•Afterservice,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.Replaceanysafetydevice
thatiswornordefective.

•Reinstallallcoverscorrectlybeforereturningthemachinetothecustomer.

•Fanlouversonthemachinehelptopreventoverheatingofinternalcomponents.Donotobstructfan
louversorcoverthemwithlabelsorstickers.

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Electricalsafety

Observethefollowingruleswhenworkingonelectricalequipment.

Important:

Useonlyapprovedtoolsandtestequipment.Somehandtoolshavehandlescoveredwithasoftmaterial
thatdoesnotinsulateyouwhenworkingwithliveelectricalcurrents.
Manycustomershave,neartheirequipment,rubberoormatsthatcontainsmallconductivebersto
decreaseelectrostaticdischarges.Donotusethistypeofmattoprotectyourselffromelectricalshock.

•Findtheroomemergencypower-off(EPO)switch,disconnectingswitch,orelectricaloutlet.Ifanelectrical
accidentoccurs,youcanthenoperatetheswitchorunplugthepowercordquickly.

•Donotworkaloneunderhazardousconditionsornearequipmentthathashazardousvoltages.

•Disconnectallpowerbefore:
–Performingamechanicalinspection
–Workingnearpowersupplies
–Removingorinstallingmainunits

•Beforeyoustarttoworkonthemachine,unplugthepowercord.Ifyoucannotunplugit,askthecustomer
topower-offthewallboxthatsuppliespowertothemachine,andtolockthewallboxintheoffposition.

•Ifyouneedtoworkonamachinethathasexposedelectricalcircuits,observethefollowingprecautions:
–Ensurethatanotherperson,familiarwiththepower-offcontrols,isnearyou.

Attention:Anotherpersonmustbetheretoswitchoffthepower,ifnecessary.

–Useonlyonehandwhenworkingwithpowered-onelectricalequipment;keeptheotherhandinyour

pocketorbehindyourback.

Attention:Anelectricalshockcanoccuronlywhenthereisacompletecircuit.Byobservingtheabove
rule,youmaypreventacurrentfrompassingthroughyourbody.

–Whenusingtesters,setthecontrolscorrectlyandusetheapprovedprobeleadsandaccessoriesfor

thattester.

–Standonsuitablerubbermats(obtainedlocally,ifnecessary)toinsulateyoufromgroundssuchas

metaloorstripsandmachineframes.
Observethespecialsafetyprecautionswhenyouworkwithveryhighvoltages;Instructionsforthese
precautionsareinthesafetysectionsofmaintenanceinformation.Useextremecarewhenmeasuring
highvoltages.

•Regularlyinspectandmaintainyourelectricalhandtoolsforsafeoperationalcondition.

•Donotusewornorbrokentoolsandtesters.

•Neverassumethatpowerhasbeendisconnectedfromacircuit.First,checkthatithasbeenpoweredoff.

•Alwayslookcarefullyforpossiblehazardsinyourworkarea.Examplesofthesehazardsaremoistoors,
nongroundedpowerextensioncables,powersurges,andmissingsafetygrounds.

•Donottouchliveelectricalcircuitswiththereectivesurfaceofaplasticdentalmirror.Thesurfaceis
conductive;suchtouchingcancausepersonalinjuryandmachinedamage.

•Donotservicethefollowingpartswiththepoweronwhentheyareremovedfromtheirnormaloperating
placesinamachine:
–Powersupplyunits
–Pumps
–Blowersandfans
–Motorgenerators
–Similarunitstolistedabove
Thispracticeensurescorrectgroundingoftheunits.

•Ifanelectricalaccidentoccurs:

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–Usecaution;donotbecomeavictimyourself.
–Switchoffpower.
–Sendanotherpersontogetmedicalaid.

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Y oushouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotential
safetyhazardsduetoattachmentofnon- ThinkPadfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutrstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCRTfaceorabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercorddisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Poweroffthecomputer.Disconnectthepowercord.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:

a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

b.Thepowercordshouldbethetypespeciedinthepartslist.

c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon- ThinkPadalterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkPadalterations.

7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetallings,contamination,wateror
otherliquids,orsignsofreorsmokedamage.

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Handlingdevicesthataresensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge

Anycomputerpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD).ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.

Notes:

1.Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

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2.MakesurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

WhenhandlingESD-sensitiveparts:

•Keepthepartsinprotectivepackagesuntiltheyareinsertedintotheproduct.

•Avoidcontactwithotherpeople.

•Wearagroundedwriststrapagainstyourskintoeliminatestaticonyourbody.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Selectagroundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecic
servicerequirement.

Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.

–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.

–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor

referencepoint.Y oucanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usetheroundgroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedcomputers.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingofthecomputerisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeveriedbyacertiedelectrician.

Safetynotices(multilingualtranslations)

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•English

•Arabic

•BrazilianPortuguese

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•German

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Chapter2.Importantserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowingimportantserviceinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupportedby
thismanual:

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUs”onpage19
–“Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive”onpage20
–“Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard”onpage20
–“Howtouseerrormessage”onpage20

•“StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,andGAV”onpage20
–“Productdenition”onpage20
–“FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts”onpage21

Important:

•AdvisecustomerstocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenteriftheyneedanyassistancein
obtainingorinstallinganysoftwarexes,drivers,andUEFIBIOSdownloads.Telephonenumbersfor
LenovoSupportareavailableat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone

•SystemDisassembly/ReassemblyvideosthatshowtheFRUremovalsorreplacements
fortheLenovo
http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/

•AdvisecustomerstocontacttheCustomerSupportCenterat800-426-7378iftheyneedassistancein
obtainingorinstallinganysoftwarexes,drivers,andUEFIBIOSdownloads.

•CustomersinCanadashouldcalltheCustomerSupportCenterat800-565-3344forassistanceor
downloadinformation.

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authorizedservicetechniciansareavailableinthefollowingsupportsite:

StrategyforreplacingFRUs

Beforereplacingparts:

Makesurethatallsoftwarexes,drivers,andUEFIBIOSdownloadsareinstalledbeforereplacingany

FRUslistedinthismanual.

Afterasystemboardisreplaced,ensurethatthelatestUEFIBIOSisloadedtothesystemboardbefore
completingtheserviceaction.

Todownloadsoftwarexes,drivers,andUEFIBIOS,doasfollows:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.EntertheproductnumberofthecomputerorpressAuto-detectbuttononthescreen.

3.SelectDownloads&Drivers.

4.Followthedirectionsonthescreenandinstallthenecessarysoftware.

UsethefollowingstrategytopreventunnecessaryexpenseforreplacingandservicingFRUs:

•IfyouareinstructedtoreplaceaFRUbutthereplacementdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,reinstall
theoriginalFRUbeforeyoucontinue.

•Somecomputershavebothaprocessorboardandasystemboard.Ifyouareinstructedtoreplaceeither
theprocessorboardorthesystemboard,andreplacingoneofthemdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,
reinstallthatboard,andthenreplacetheotherone.

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•IfanadapteroradeviceconsistsofmorethanoneFRU,anyoftheFRUsmaybethecauseoftheerror.
Beforereplacingtheadapterordevice,removetheFRUs,onebyone,toseeifthesymptomschange.
ReplaceonlytheFRUthatchangedthesymptoms.

Attention:Thesetupcongurationonthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeencustomized.Running
AutomaticCongurationmayalterthesettings.Notethecurrentcongurationsettings(usingtheView
Congurationoption);then,whenservicehasbeencompleted,verifythatthosesettingsremainineffect.

Strategyforreplacingaharddiskdrive

Alwaystrytorunalow-levelformatbeforereplacingaharddiskdrive(HDD).Thiswillcauseallcustomerdata
ontheharddisktobelost.Besurethatthecustomerhasacurrentbackupofthedatabeforedoingthistask.

Attention:Thedrivestartupsequenceinthecomputeryouareservicingmayhavebeenchanged.Be
extremelycarefulduringwriteoperationssuchascopying,saving,orformatting.Ifyouselectanincorrect
drive,dataorprogramscanbeoverwritten.

Importantnoticeforreplacingasystemboard

Somecomponentsmountedonasystemboardareverysensitive.Improperhandlingofasystemboardcan
causedamagetothosecomponents,andmaycauseasystemmalfunction.

Attention:Whenhandlingasystemboard:

•Donotdropasystemboardorapplyanyexcessiveforcetoit.

•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.

•AvoidbendingasystemboardandhardpushingtopreventcrackingateachBGA(BallGridArray)chipset.

Howtouseerrormessage

Usetheerrorcodesdisplayedonthescreentodiagnosefailures.Ifmorethanoneerrorcodeisdisplayed,
beginthediagnosiswiththersterrorcode.Whatevercausesthersterrorcodemayalsocausefalseerror
codes.Ifnoerrorcodeisdisplayed,seewhethertheerrorsymptomislistedintheSymptom-to-FRU
Indexforthecomputeryouareservicing.

StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV ,andGAV

Productdenition

DynamicCongureT oOrder(CTO)

ThisprovidestheabilityforacustomertocongureaLenovosolutionfromaneSite,andhavethis
congurationsenttofulllment,whereitisbuiltandshippeddirectlytothecustomer.Themachinelabel,
ProductEntitlementWarehouse(PEW),eSupport,andtheHMMwillloadtheseproductsasthe4-digitMT
and3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).

CustomModelVariant(CMV)

ThisisauniquecongurationthathasbeennegotiatedbetweenLenovoandthecustomer.Aunique4-digit
MTand3-digitmodelisprovidedtothecustomertoplaceorders(Example:1829-W15).ACMVisaspecial
bidoffering.Therefore,itisNOTgenerallyannounced.

•TheMTMportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”
(Example:1829-CTO).ThePRODUCTIDportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitCMV
model(Example:1829-W15).

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•ThePEWrecordisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).

•eSupportwillshowboththeCTOandCMVmachinetypemodels(Example:1829-CTOand1829-W15
willbefoundontheeSupportsite.)

•TheHMMwillhavethe4-digitMTand3-digitCTOmodelonly(Example:1829-CTO).Again,CMVsare
custommodelsandarenotfoundintheHMM.

GeneralAnnounceVariant(GAV)

Thisisastandardmodel(xedconguration).GAVsareannouncedandofferedtoallcustomers.TheMTM
portionofthemachinelabelisa4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not
“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).Also,PEW,eSupport,andtheHMMwilllisttheseproductsunderthesame
xedmodelnumber.

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts

TherearethreeinformationresourcestoidentifywhichFRUsareusedtosupportCTO,CMV,andGAV
products.ThesesourcesarePEW,eSupport,andtheHMM.

UsingPEW

•PEWistheprimarysourceforidentifyingFRUpartnumbersandFRUdescriptionsforthekeycommodities
forCTO,CMVandGAVproductsataMT-serialnumberlevel.Anexampleofkeycommoditiesarehard
diskdrives,systemboards,microprocessors,LiquidCrystalDisplays(LCDs),andmemory.

•Remember,allCTOandCMVproductsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,where
model=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).GAVsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,
wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).

•PEWcanbeaccessedatthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=LOOK-WARNTY
SelectWarrantylookup.InputtheMTandtheSerialnumberandthelistofkeycommoditieswillbe
returnedinthePEWrecordunderCOMPONENTINFORMA TION.

UsingeSupport

ForKeyCommodities(Examples-harddiskdrive,systemboard,microprocessor,LCD,andmemory)

•eSupportcanbeusedtoviewthelistofkeycommoditiesbuiltinaparticularmachineserial(thisisthe
samerecordfoundinPEW).

•eSupportcanbeaccessedatthefollowingWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support

•Toviewthekeycommodities,clickonPARTSINFORMATION,thenPARTSLOOKUP .Typeinthemodel
typeandserialnumber.ThekeycommoditieswillbereturnedintheeSupportrecordunderPARTS
SHIPPEDWITHYOURSYSTEM.

FortheRemainingFRUs(thecompletelistofFRUsattheMTModellevel)

•eSupportcanbeusedtoviewthecompletelistofFRUsforamachinetypeandmodel.

•ToviewthecompletelistofFRUs,typeinthemachinetypeandmodel(Example:1829-CTO)under
QUICKPATH.Under“ViewbyDocumentType”selectPARTSINFORMATION.Under“FilterbyCategory”
selectSERVICEPARTS.Under“PartsInformationbyDate”selectSYSTEMSERVICEPARTS.Thelistof
servicepartsbydescription,withapplicablemachinetypemodelandFRUwillbedisplayed.

UsingtheHMM

ForKeyCommodities(Examples-harddiskdrive,systemboard,microprocessor,LCD,andmemory)

UsetheHMMasaback-uptoPEWandeSupporttoviewthecompletelistofFRUsattheMTModellevel.

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Chapter3.Generalcheckout

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“Whattodorst”onpage23

•“Checkoutguide”onpage24
–“DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS”onpage24
–“LenovoThinkVantageToolbox”onpage26
–“FRUtests”onpage27

•“Powersystemcheckout”onpage28

ThedescriptionsinthischapterapplytoanyThinkPadmodelthatsupportsthePC-Doctor

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forDOS

diagnosticsprogram.Somedescriptionsmightnotapplytoyourparticularcomputer.

Beforeyougotothecheckoutguide,besuretoreadthefollowingimportantnotes.

Importantnotes:

•Onlycertiedtrainedpersonnelshouldservicethecomputer.

•BeforereplacinganyFRU,readtheentirepageonremovingandreplacingFRUs.

•WhenyoureplaceFRUs,usenewnylon-coatedscrews.

•Beextremelycarefulduringsuchwriteoperationsascopying,saving,orformatting.Drivesinthecomputer
thatyouareservicingsequencemighthavebeenaltered.Ifyouselectanincorrectdrive,dataorprograms
mightbeoverwritten.

•ReplaceaFRUonlywithanotherFRUofthecorrectmodel.WhenyoureplaceaFRU,makesurethatthemodel
ofthemachineandtheFRUpartnumberarecorrectbyreferringtotheFRUpartslist.

•AFRUshouldnotbereplacedbecauseofasingle,unreproduciblefailure.Singlefailurescanoccurfora
varietyofreasonsthathavenothingtodowithahardwaredefect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,
orsoftwareerrors.ConsiderreplacingaFRUonlywhenaproblemrecurs.IfyoususpectthataFRUisdefective,
cleartheerrorlogandrunthetestagain.Iftheerrordoesnotrecur,donotreplacetheFRU.

•BecarefulnottoreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Whattodorst

WhenyoudoreturnaFRU,youmustincludethefollowinginformationinthepartsexchangeformor
partsreturnformthatyouattachtoit:

1.Nameandphonenumberofservicetechnician

2.Dateofservice

3.Dateonwhichthemachinefailed

4.Dateofpurchase

5.Failuresymptoms,errorcodesappearingonthedisplay,andbeepsymptoms

6.ProcedureindexandpagenumberinwhichthefailingFRUwasdetected

7.FailingFRUnameandpartnumber

8.Machinetype,modelnumber,andserialnumber

9.Customer'snameandaddress

Note:Duringthewarrantyperiod,thecustomermayberesponsibleforrepaircostsifthecomputerdamage
wascausedbymisuse,accident,modication,unsuitablephysicaloroperatingenvironment,orimproper
maintenancebythecustomer.Followingisalistofsomecommonitemsthatarenotcoveredunderwarranty
andsomesymptomsthatmightindicatethatthesystemwassubjectedtostressbeyondnormaluse.

Beforecheckingproblemswiththecomputer,determinewhetherthedamageiscoveredunderthewarranty
byreferringtothefollowinglist:

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Thefollowingarenotcoveredunderwarranty:

•LCDpanelcrackedfromtheapplicationofexcessiveforceorfrombeingdropped

•Scratched(cosmetic)parts

•Distortion,deformation,ordiscolorationofthecosmeticparts

•Plasticparts,latches,pins,orconnectorsthathavebeencrackedorbrokenbyexcessiveforce

•Damagecausedbyliquidspilledintothesystem

•DamagecausedbytheimproperinsertionofaPCCardortheinstallationofanincompatiblecard

•Improperdiscinsertionoruseofanopticaldrive

•Diskettedrivedamagecausedbypressureonthediskettedrivecover,foreignmaterialinthedrive,
ortheinsertionofadiskettewithmultiplelabels

•Damagedorbentdisketteejectbutton

•Fusesblownbyattachmentofanonsupporteddevice

•Forgottencomputerpassword(makingthecomputerunusable)

•Stickykeyscausedbyspillingaliquidontothekeyboard

•Useofanincorrectacpoweradapteronlaptopproducts

Thefollowingsymptomsmightindicatedamagecausedbynonwarrantedactivities:

•Missingpartsmightbeasymptomofunauthorizedserviceormodication.

•Ifthespindleofaharddiskdrivebecomesnoisy,itmayhavebeensubjectedtoexcessiveforce,
ordropped.

Checkoutguide

UsethefollowingproceduresasaguideinidentifyingandcorrectingproblemswiththeThinkPadNotebook.

Note:ThediagnostictestsareintendedtotestonlyThinkPadproducts.Theuseofnon- ThinkPadproducts,
prototypecards,ormodiedoptionscanleadtofalseindicationsoferrorsandinvalidsystemresponses.

1.Identifythefailingsymptomsinasmuchdetailaspossible.

2.Verifythesymptoms.Trytore-createthefailurebyrunningthediagnostictestorbyrepeatingthe
operation.

DiagnosticsusingPC-DoctorforDOS

TheThinkPadNotebookhasatestprogramcalledPC-DoctorforDOS(hereaftercalledPC-Doctor.)Youcan
detecterrorsbyrunningthediagnosticstestincludedinPC-Doctor.

Note:PC-DoctorforDOSisavailableatthefollowingWebsite:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

TocreatethePC-DoctordiagnosticCD,followtheinstructionsontheWebsite.

Forsomepossiblecongurationsofthecomputer,PC-Doctormightnotruncorrectly.T oavoidthisproblem,
youneedtoinitializethecomputersetupbyuseoftheThinkPadSetupbeforeyourunPC-Doctor.

ToenterThinkPadSetup,doasfollows:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toentertheThinkPadSetup.

Note:Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetbythecustomer,ThinkPadSetupmenuappearsafterthe
passwordisentered.Y oucanstartThinkPadSetupbypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthesupervisor
password;however,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisorpassword.

OntheThinkPadSetupscreen,pressF9,Enter,F10,andthenEnter.

24HardwareMaintenanceManual

Note:Whenyouinitializethecomputerconguration,somedevicesaredisabled,suchastheserialport.If

Diagnostics

Run Normal Test
Run QuickTest
CPU/Coprocessor

Systemboard

System Memory
Video Adapter

Fixed Disks
Diskette Drives
Other Devices
Communication

InteractiveTests Hardware Info Utility Quit F1=Help

PC-DOCTOR 2.0 Copyright 2008 PC-Doctor, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Use the cursor keys and ESC to move in menus.Press ENTER to select.

Wireless LAN

youtestoneofthesedevices,youwillneedtoenableitbyusingCongurationutilityforDOS.Theutilityis
availableonthefollowingWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support

Testingthecomputer

Note:ThePC-DoctorforDOSCD-R/CD-RWdiscsupportsonlytestofinternalopticaldiscdrives(CD-RW,

CD-RW/DVDCombo,andDVDMultidrives)onThinkPadcomputers.Itdoesnotsupporttestofanyoptical
discdrivesconnectedthroughUSBdevices,PCcards,CardBuscards,orsimilar.TheUSBlimitationonly
appliestotestingofthedevice.UsingabootablePC-DoctorforDOSCD/DVD,thesystemcanbestarted
fromaUSBattachedopticaldrive.

Torunthetest,doasfollows:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Makesurethattheopticaldrivethatissupportedasastartupdeviceisinstalledtothecomputer
youareservicing.

3.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbepoweredon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”on
page28,andcheckthepowersources.

Ifanerrorcodeappears,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage35.

4.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF12toentertheNetworkBootmenu.

5.InsertthePC-DoctorCDintotheopticaldrive.

6.PresscursorkeystoselectAT APICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.

7.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

8.ThemainpanelofPC-Doctorappears.

9.SelectDiagnosticswiththearrowkeys,andpressEnter.

Note:Y oucanselectanitemnotonlywiththearrowkeys,butalsowiththeTrackPoint
InsteadofpressingEnter,clicktheleftbutton.

Apull-downmenuappears.(Itsexactformdependsonthemodel.)

Note:PC-Doctormenudoesnotmeantheformalsupportdevicelist.Someunsupporteddevicenames
mayappearinthePC-Doctormenu.

Theoptionsonthetestmenuareasfollows:

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pointer.

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DiagnosticsInteractiveTests

•RunNormalT est

•RunQuickT est

•CPU/Coprocessor

•SystemMemory

•Systemboard

•VideoAdapter

•FixedDisks

•DisketteDrives

•OtherDevices

•Communication

•WirelessLAN

Notes:

•IntheKeyboardtestinInteractiveT ests,theFnkeyshouldbehelddownforatleast2seconds;otherwise,it
cannotbesensed.

•VideoAdaptertestsupportsonlytheLCDdisplayontheThinkPadNotebook.Ifyouhaveanexternalmonitor
attachedtothecomputer,detachitbeforerunningPC-DoctorforDOS.

•T otestDigitalSignatureChip,thesecuritychipmustbesettoActive.

•Keyboard

•Video

•InternalSpeaker

•Mouse

•Diskette

•SystemLoad

•OpticalDriveT est

®

•Intel

WLANRadioTest

10.Runtheapplicablefunctiontest.

11.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Ifthereisaproblem,PC-Doctorshowsmessagesdescribingit.

12.Toexitthetest,selectQuit-ExitDiag.Tocancelthetest,pressEsc.

Note:AfterrunningPC-Doctor,checkthetimeanddateonthesystemandresetthemiftheyareincorrect.

DetectingsysteminformationwithPC-Doctor

PC-Doctorcandetectthefollowingsysteminformation:

HardwareInfo

SystemConguration
MemoryContents
PhysicalDiskDrives
VGAInformation
ATADriveInfo
PCIInformation
SMBIOSInfo
VESALCDInfo
HardwareEventsLog

Utility

RunExternalT ests
BenchmarkSystem
DOSShell
TechSupportForm
BatteryRundown
EraseDriveContents
ViewPCDRHostLog

LenovoThinkVantageT oolbox

LenovoThinkVantage

®

ToolboxisadiagnosticprogramthatworksthroughtheWindows
Itenablesyoutoviewsymptomsofcomputerproblemsandsolutionsforthem,andincludesautomatic
noticationwhenactionisrequired,computingassistance,advanceddiagnostics,anddiagnostichistory.

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operatingsystem.

26HardwareMaintenanceManual

Note:ToinstallthelatestLenovoThinkVantageToolboxonthecomputer,goto

http://web.lenovothinkvantagetoolbox.com/clickDownloadLenovoThinkVantageToolbox,andthen
followtheinstructionsontheWebsite.

Torunthisprogram,doasfollows:

Windows7:

ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙Lenovo-SystemHealthandDiagnostics.

WindowsXP:

ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙LenovoThinkVantageT oolbox.

Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.LenovoThinkVantageToolboxalsohasproblemdeterminationaids
thatdeterminesoftwareandusageproblems.

Foradditionalinformationaboutthisprogram,seetheHelpfortheprogram.

FRUtests

ThefollowingtableshowsthetestforeachFRU.

Table1.FRUtests

FRUApplicabletest

Systemboard1.Diagnostics➙CPU/Coprocessor

2.Diagnostics➙Systemboard

Power

LCDunit

Audio

SpeakerInteractiveT ests➙InternalSpeaker

Keyboard

Harddiskdrive

Diskettedrive1.Diagnostics➙DisketteDrives

Memory

Diagnostics➙ThinkPadDevices➙ACAdapter,Battery1(Battery2)

1.Diagnostics➙VideoAdapter

2.InteractiveT ests➙Video

EntertheThinkPadSetupandchangeSerialA TA(SA T A)settingtoCompatibility,and
runDiagnostics➙OtherDevice➙ConexantAudio

Note:OnceAudiotestisdone,thenosoundisheardthistest.Inthiscase,turnoff
andturnonthecomputer.Then,runthistestagain.

1.Diagnostics➙Systemboard➙Keyboard

2.InteractiveT ests➙Keyboard

EntertheThinkPadSetupandchangeSerialA TA(SA T A)settingtoCompatibility,and
runDiagnostics➙FixedDisks

2.InteractiveT ests➙Diskette

1.IftwoDIMMsareinstalled,removeoneofthemandrunDiagnostics➙System

Memory.

2.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,returntheDIMMtoitsplace,removetheotherone,
andrunthetestagain.

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Table1.FRUtests(continued)

1

2

3

(20V)

FRUApplicabletest

TrackPointorpointing
device

TouchPad

IftheT rackPointdoesnotwork,checkthecongurationasspeciedintheThinkPad
Setup.IftheTrackPointisdisabled,selectAutomatictoenableit.

AfteryouusetheT rackPoint,thepointermaydriftonthescreenforashorttime.This
driftcanoccurwhenaslight,steadypressureisappliedtotheT rackPointpointer.
Thissymptomisnotahardwareproblem.Ifthepointerstopsafterashorttime,no
serviceactionisnecessary.

IfenablingtheTrackPointdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,continuewiththefollowing:

•InteractiveT ests➙Mouse

IftheT ouchPaddoesnotwork,checkthecongurationasspeciedintheThinkPad
Setup.IftheTouchPadisdisabled,selectAutomatictoenableit.Ifenablingthe
TouchPaddoesnotcorrecttheproblem,continuewiththefollowing:

•InteractiveT ests➙Mouse

Powersystemcheckout

Toverifyasymptom,dothefollowing:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.

3.Connecttheacpoweradapter.

4.Checkthatpowerissuppliedwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

5.Turnoffthecomputer.

6.Disconnecttheacpoweradapterandinstallthechargedbatterypack.

7.Checkthatthebatterypacksuppliespowerwhenyouturnonthecomputer.

Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:

•“Checkingtheacpoweradapter”onpage28

•“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage29

•“Checkingthebatterypack”onpage29

•“Checkingthebackupbattery”onpage30

Checkingtheacpoweradapter

Youareherebecausethecomputerfailsonlywhentheacpoweradapterisused.

•Ifthepower-onindicatordoesnotturnon,checkthepowercordoftheacpoweradapterforcorrect
continuityandinstallation.

•Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingoperationalcharging”onpage29

Tochecktheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:

1.Unplugtheacpoweradaptercablefromthecomputer.

2.Measuretheoutputvoltageattheplugoftheacpoweradaptercable.Seethefollowinggure:

Pin

1+20

20

3

Voltage(Vdc)

Ground

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Note:Outputvoltageofpinno.2oftheacpoweradaptermaydifferentfromtheoneyouareservicing.

1(+)

2(+)

3

4

5

6(-)

7(-)

3.Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacetheacpoweradapter.

4.Ifthevoltageisacceptable,dothefollowing:

•Replacethesystemboard.

•Iftheproblempersists,goto“FRUtests”onpage27.

Note:Noisefromtheacpoweradapterdoesnotalwaysindicateadefect.

Checkingoperationalcharging

Tocheckwhetherthebatterychargesproperlyduringoperation,useadischargedbatterypackorabattery
packthathaslessthan50%ofthetotalpowerremainingwheninstalledinthecomputer.

Performoperationalcharging.Ifthebatterystatusindicatororicondoesnotturnon,removethebattery
packandletitreturntoroomtemperature.Reinstallthebatterypack.Ifthechargeindicatororiconstilldoes
notturnon,replacethebatterypack.

Ifthechargeindicatorstilldoesnotturnon,replacethesystemboard.Thenreinstallthebatterypack.Ifitis
stillnotcharged,gotothenextsection.

Checkingthebatterypack

BatterychargingdoesnotstartuntilthePowerManagerBatteryGaugeshowsthatlessthan96%ofthe
totalpowerremains;underthisconditionthebatterypackcanchargeto100%ofitscapacity.Thisprotects
thebatterypackfrombeingoverchargedorfromhavingashortenedlife.

Tocheckyourbattery,moveyourcursortothePowerManagerBatteryGaugeiconintheicontrayofthe
Windowstaskbarandwaitforamoment(butdonotclick),andthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining
isdisplayed.Togetdetailedinformationaboutthebattery,double-clickthePowerManagerBattery
Gaugeicon.

Note:Ifthebatterypackbecomeshot,itmaynotbeabletocharge.Removeitfromthecomputerandleave
itatroomtemperatureforawhile.Afteritcoolsdown,reinstallandrechargeit.

Tocheckthebatterypack,dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypackandmeasurethevoltagebetweenbatteryterminals1(+)and7(-).Seethe
followinggure:

Terminal

1+0to+12.6

7

Voltage(Vdc)

Ground(-)

3.Ifthevoltageislessthan+11.0Vdc,thebatterypackhasbeendischarged.

Note:Rechargingwilltakeatleast3hours,eveniftheindicatordoesnotturnon.

Ifthevoltageisstilllessthan+11.0Vdcafterrecharging,replacethebattery.

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4.Ifthevoltageismorethan+11.0Vdc,measuretheresistancebetweenbatteryterminals5and7.
Theresistancemustbe4to30KΩ.Iftheresistanceisnotcorrect,replacethebatterypack.Ifthe
resistanceiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

Checkingthebackupbattery

Dothefollowing:

1.Poweroffthecomputer,andunplugtheacpoweradapterfromit.

2.Turnthecomputerupsidedown.

3.Removethebatterypack(see“1010Batterypack”onpage50).

4.Removethebackupbattery(see“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”on
page65).

5.Measurethevoltageofthebackupbattery.Seethefollowinggure.

Wire

Red+2.5to+3.2

Black

Voltage(Vdc)

Ground

•Ifthevoltageiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.

•Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacethebackupbattery.

•Ifthebackupbatterydischargesquicklyafterreplacement,replacethesystemboard.

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Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation

Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:

•“RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet”onpage31

•“Passwords”onpage32

•“Powermanagement”onpage34

•“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage35

ServiceWebsite:

Whenthelatestmaintenancedisketteandthesystemprogramservicediskettebecomeavailable,they
willbepostedonhttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet

Whentheharddiskdriveisreplacedbecauseofafailure,noproductrecoveryprogramisonthenewdrive.
Inthiscase,youmustusetheRecoveryDiscSetforthecomputer.OrdertheRecoveryDiscSetandthe
driveatthesametimesothatyoucanrecoverthenewdrivewiththepre-installedsoftwarewhentheyarrive.
Forinformationonwhichdiscstoorder,see“Recoverydiscs”onpage97.

TherecoverydiscsetconsistsoftheuserinstructionsandthefollowingsetofDVDstorestorethecomputer
totheoriginalfactoryconguration.

OperatingSystemRecoveryDisc(onedisc)

ThisdiscrestorestheMicrosoft

ApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDisc(oneormorediscs)

Thisdiscrestoresthepreinstalledapplicationsanddriversonthecomputer.

SupplementalRecoveryDisc

Thisdisccontainsadditionalcontent,suchasupdatestothesoftwarethatwaspreinstalledonthecomputer.
NotallrecoverydiscsetscomewithaSupplementalRecoveryDisc.

Notes:

•YoumusthaveaDVDdrivetousetherecoverydiscs.IfyoudonothaveaninternalDVDdrive,you
canuseanexternalUSBDVDdrive.

•Duringtherecoveryprocess,alldataonthedrivewillbedeleted.Ifpossible,copyanyimportantdata
orpersonallesthatyouwanttokeepontoremovablemediaoranetworkdrivebeforeyoustartthe
recoveryprocess.

Torestorethecomputertotheoriginalfactorycongurationusingtherecoverydiscset,dothefollowing:

Note:Recoverytakesseveralhours.Thelengthoftimedependsonthemethodyouuse.Ifyouuserecovery
discs,recoverytakesatleastvehours.

1.MaketheCD/DVDdrivetherststartupdeviceinthestartupsequenceusingthefollowingprocedure:

a.PressandholddowntheF1key,andthenturnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed

orifyouhearrepeatingbeeps,releasetheF1key.TheThinkPadSetupopens.

b.UsethearrowkeystoselectStartup➙Boot.

c.SelecttheCD/DVDdriveasthe1stBootDevice.

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Windowsoperatingsystem.Usethisdisctostarttherecoveryprocess.

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2.InserttheOperatingSystemRecoveryDiscintotheDVDdrive.

3.PressF10tosavetheThinkPadSetupcongurationchanges.Followtheinstructionsonthescreento
begintherecoveryprocess.

4.SelectyourlanguageandclickNext.

5.Readthelicense.Ifyouagreewiththetermsandconditions,selectIacceptthesetermsand
conditionsandthenclickNext.Ifyoudonotagreewiththetermsandconditions,followthe
instructionsonthescreen.

6.ClickYesinthedisplayedwindowtobegintheoperatingsystemrecoveryprocess.

7.InserttheApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDiscwhenpromptedandthenclickOKtobeginthe
applicationsanddriversrecoveryprocess.

8.IfyouhaveaSupplementalRecoveryDisc,insertitwhenpromptedandclickYes.Ifyoudonothavea
SupplementalRecoveryDisc,clickNo.

9.Whenallofthedatahasbeencopiedfromthelastdiscinthesetandhasbeenprocessed,removethe
discandrestartthecomputer.

Note:Therestoftherecoveryprocessisfullyautomatedandnoactionisrequiredbyyou.The
computerwillrestartintotheMicrosoftWindowsdesktopseveraltimesandyoumightexperience
periodswhennoactivityisapparentonthescreenforseveralminutesatatime.Thisisnormal.

10.Whentherecoveryprocessiscomplete,theSetUpWindowsscreenisdisplayed.Followthe
instructionsonthescreentocompletetheWindowssetup.

11.AfteryouhavecompletedtheWindowssetup,youmightwanttorestoretheoriginalstartupsequence.
StarttheThinkPadSetupandthenpressF9torestorethedefaultsettings.PressF10tosaveandexit
theThinkPadSetup.

Note:Afterrestoringadrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmightneedtoreinstallsomedevicedrivers.

Passwords

AsmanyasthreepasswordsmightbeneededforaThinkPadnotebookcomputer:thepower-onpassword,
theharddiskpassword),andthesupervisorpassword.

Ifanyofthesepasswordshasbeenset,apromptforitwillbedisplayedonthescreenwheneverthe
computeristurnedon.Thecomputerdoesnotstartuntilthepasswordisentered.

Note:Ifonlyasupervisorpasswordisset,thepasswordpromptwillnotbedisplayedwhentheoperating
systemisstarted.

Power-onpassword

Apower-onpasswordprotectsthesystemfrombeingpoweredonbyanunauthorizedperson.The
passwordmustbeturnedonbeforetheoperatingsystemcanbestarted.Forinstructionsonhowtoremove
thepower-onpassword,see“Howtoremovethepower-onpassword”onpage33.

Harddiskpassword

Therearetwoharddiskpasswords:

•Userharddiskpassword-fortheuser

•Masterharddiskpassword-forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddisk
eveniftheuserhaschangedtheuserHDP

Note:Therearetwomodesfortheharddiskpassword:UseronlyandMaster+User.TheMaster+User
moderequirestwoharddiskpasswords;thesystemadministratorentersbothinthesameoperation.The
systemadministratorthenprovidestheuserharddiskpasswordtothesystemuser.

32HardwareMaintenanceManual

Attention:IftheuserHDPhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterharddiskpasswordhasbeenset.If

amasterharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,itcanbeusedtoaccesstheharddiskdrive.Ifnomasterhard
diskpasswordisavailable,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovideanyservicesto
reseteithertheuserharddiskpasswordorthemasterharddiskpassword,ortorecoverdatafromthehard
diskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.

Forinstructionsonhowtoremovetheharddiskpassword,see“Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword”
onpage33.

Supervisorpassword

AsupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetup.Theusermustenter
thesupervisorpasswordinordertogetaccesstotheThinkPadSetupandchangethesystemconguration.

Attention:Ifthesupervisorpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservice
technician,thereisnoserviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedfor
ascheduledfee.

Howtoremovethepower-onpassword

Toremovethepower-onpassword,dooneofthefollowing:

(A)Ifnosupervisorpasswordhasbeenset,dothefollowingtoremovethepower-onpassword:

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.Removethebatterypack.Forinstructionsonhowtoremovethebatterypack,see“1010Battery
pack”onpage50.

3.Removethebackupbattery.Forinstructionsonhowtoremovethebackupbattery,see“1130System
boardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65.

4.TurnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOSTends,thepasswordpromptwillnot
bedisplayed.Thepower-onpasswordhasbeenremoved.

5.Reinstallthebackupbatteryandthebatterypack.

(B)Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetandisknowntotheservicetechnician,dothefollowingtoremove
thepower-onpassword:

1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,,immediatelypressF1toenterThinkPadSetup.

3.SelectSecurity.

4.SelectPassword.

5.SelectPower-OnPassword.

6.TypethecurrentsupervisorpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.ThenleavetheEnter
NewPasswordeldblank,andpressEntertwice.

7.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.

8.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.

Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword

Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannot

bemadeavailabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechnicians
provideanyservicestoresettheuserharddiskpasswordortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.The
harddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.

Toremoveauserharddiskpasswordthathasbeenforgotten,whenthesupervisorpasswordandthemaster
harddiskpasswordareknown,dothefollowing:

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation33

1.Turnonthecomputer.

2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toenterThinkPadSetup.

3.SelectSecurity.

4.SelectPassword.

5.SelectHard-diskxpassword,wherexistheletteroftheharddiskdrive.Apop-upwindowopens.

6.SelectMasterHDP,whereHDPstandsforharddiskpassword.

7.TypethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.ThenleavetheEnter
NewPasswordeldblank,andpressEntertwice.

8.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.Theuserharddiskpasswordandthe
masterharddiskpasswordhavebeenremoved.

Powermanagement

Toreducepowerconsumption,thecomputerhasthreepowermanagementmodes:screenblank,sleep
(standbyinWindowsXP),andhibernation.

Screenblankmode

Toputthecomputerintoscreenblankmode,doasfollows:

1.Right-clickthePowerManagerBatteryGaugeinthetaskbar.

2.SelectPoweroffdisplay(keepcurrentpowerplan)(inWindowsXP,keepcurrentpowerscheme).

Toendscreenblankmodeandresumenormaloperation,pressanykey.

Sleep(standby)mode

Whenthecomputerenterssleep(standby)mode,thefollowingeventsoccurinadditiontowhatoccurs
inscreenblankmode:

•TheLCDispoweredoff.

•Theharddiskdriveispoweredoff.

•TheCPUstops.

Toentersleep(standby)mode,pressFn+F4.

Note:Y oucanchangetheactionoftheF4keycombinationbychangingthesettingsinPowerManager.

Incertaincircumstances,thecomputergoesintosleep(standby)modeautomatically:

•Ifa“suspendtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andtheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththekeyboard,
theTrackPoint,theharddisk,theparallelconnector,orthediskettedrivewithinthattime.

Note:Evenifyoudonotsetthelow-batteryalarm,thechargeindicatornotiesyouwhenthebatteryislow,
andthenthecomputerentersthepower-savingmodeautomatically.

Tocausethecomputertoreturnfromsleep(standby)modeandresumeoperation,dooneofthefollowing:

•PresstheFnkey.

•OpentheLCDcover.

•Turnonthepowerswitch.

Also,ineitherofthefollowingevents,thecomputerautomaticallyreturnsfromsleep(standby)modeand
resumesoperation:

•Theringindicator(RI)issignaledbyaserialdeviceoraPCCarddevice.

34HardwareMaintenanceManual

•Thetimesetontheresumetimerelapses.

Note:Thecomputerdoesnotacceptanyinputimmediatelyafteritenterssleep(standby)mode.Waita
fewsecondsbeforetakinganyactiontoreenteroperationmode.

Hibernationmode

Inhibernationmode,thefollowingoccurs:

•Thesystemstatus,RAM,VRAM,andsetupdataarestoredontheharddisk.

•Thesystemispoweredoff.

Tocausethecomputertoenterhibernationmode,doanyofthefollowing:

•Ifyouhavedenedoneofthefollowingactionsastheeventthatcausesthesystemtogointohibernation
mode,performthataction.
–Closingthelid.
–Pressingthepowerbutton.
–PressingFn+F4.

Also,thecomputergoesintohibernationmodeautomaticallyineitherofthefollowingconditions:

•Ifa“hibernationtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andiftheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththe
keyboard,theT rackPoint,theharddiskdrive,theparallelconnector,orthediskettedrivewithinthattime.

•Ifthetimerconditionsaresatisedinsuspendmode.

Whenthepoweristurnedon,thecomputerreturnsfromhibernationmodeandresumesoperation.The
hibernationleinthebootrecordontheharddiskdriveisread,andsystemstatusisrestoredfromthe
harddiskdrive.

Symptom-to-FRUindex

Thissectioncontainsfollowinginformation:

•“Numericerrorcodes”onpage36

•“Errormessages”onpage37

•“No-beepsymptoms”onpage37

•“LCD-relatedsymptoms”onpage38

•“Intermittentproblems”onpage38

•“Undeterminedproblems”onpage39

Thesymptom-to-FRUindexinthissectionlistssymptomsanderrorsandtheirpossiblecauses.Themost
likelycauseislistedrst,inboldfacetype.

Note:DotheFRUreplacementorotheractionsinthesequenceshowninthecolumnheaded“FRUor
action,insequence. ”IfreplacingaFRUdoesnotsolvetheproblem,puttheoriginalpartbackinthe
computer.DonotreplaceanondefectiveFRU.

Thisindexcanalsohelpyoudetermine,duringregularservicing,whatFRUsarelikelytoneedtobe
replacednext.

AnumericerrorisdisplayedforeacherrordetectedinPOSTorsystemoperation.Inthedisplays,ncan
beanynumber.

Ifnonumericcodeisdisplayed,checkthenarrativedescriptionsofsymptoms.Ifthesymptomisnot
describedthere,goto“Intermittentproblems”onpage38.

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation35

Note:ForadevicenotsupportedbydiagnosticcodesintheThinkPadNotebooks,seethemanualfor
thatdevice.

Numericerrorcodes

Table2.Numericerrorcodes

Symptomorerror

0177

BadSVPdata,stopPOSTtask-Thechecksumofthe
supervisorpasswordintheEEPROMisnotcorrect.

0182

BadCRC2.EntertheThinkPadSetupprogramandload
Setupdefaults.-ThechecksumoftheCRS2settingin
theEEPROMisnotcorrect.

0183

BadCRCofSecuritySettingsinEFIVariable.Enterthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram.

0187

EAIAdataaccesserror-TheaccesstoEEPROMisfailed.

0188

InvalidRFIDSerializationInformationArea.

0189

InvalidRFIDcongurationinformationarea-TheEEPROM
checksumisnotcorrect.

0190

Criticallow-batteryerror

0191

SystemSecurity-InvalidRemoteChangerequested.

0199

SystemSecurity-Securitypasswordretrycount
exceeded.

0251

SystemCMOSchecksumbad-Defaultconguration
used.

0271

Real-timeclockerror.Checkdateandtimesettings.

2100

DetectionerroronHDD

2110

ReaderroronHDD

2200

MachineTypeandSerialNumberareinvalid.

2201

MachineUUIDisinvalid

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

1.RuntheThinkPadSetupprogram.PressF9,and
Entertoloadthedefaultsetting.Thensavethe
currentsettingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

Systemboard.

Systemboard.

Systemboard.

1.Chargethebatterypack.

2.Batterypack.

1.RuntheThinkPadSetupprogram,andthensave

currentsettingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

1.RuntheThinkPadSetupprogram,andthensave

thecurrentsettingbypressingF10.

2.Systemboard.

1.Chargethebackupbatteryformorethan8hours

byconnectingtheacpoweradapter.

2.ReplacethebackupbatteryandruntheThinkPad
setupprogramtoresetthetimeanddate.

RuntheThinkPadSetupprogramtoresetthetime
anddate.

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

1.Reseattheharddiskdrive.

2.Mainharddiskdrive.

3.Systemboard.

Systemboard.

Systemboard.

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Errormessages

Table3.Errormessages

Symptomorerror(beeps,ifany)

Fanerror.1.Fan.

Thermalsensingerror.

Thissystemdoesnotsupportbatteriesthatarenot
genuineLenovo-madeorauthorized.Thissystemwill
continuetoboot,butmaynotchargeunauthorized
batteries.
Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityforthe
performanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingout
oftheiruse.

FRUoraction,insequence

2.Thermalgrease.

3.Systemboard.

Systemboard.

Replacethebattery.

Beepsymptoms

Table4.Beepsymptoms

Symptomorerror

Onebeepandablank,unreadable,orashingLCD.1.ReseattheLCDconnector.

Onelongandtwoshortbeeps,andablankorunreadable
LCD.

Twoshortbeepswitherrorcodes.

Twoshortbeepsandablankscreen.

Threeshortbeeps,pause,threemoreshortbeeps,and
oneshortbeep.

Oneshortbeep,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,three
moreshortbeeps,andoneshortbeep.

Onlythecursorappears.

Fourcyclesoffourshortbeepsandablankscreen.

Fiveshortbeepsandablankscreen.

FRUoraction,insequence

2.LCDassembly.

3.ExternalCRT .

4.Systemboard.

1.Systemboard.

2.LCDassembly.

3.DIMM.

POSTerror .See“Numericerrorcodes”onpage36.

1.Systemboard.

2.DIMM.

1.DIMM.

2.Systemboard.

Reinstalltheoperatingsystem.

Systemboard(securitychip)

Systemboard

No-beepsymptoms

Table5.No-beepsymptoms

Symptomorerror

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.

FRUoraction,insequence

1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected

tightlyandcorrectly.

2.DIMM.

3.Systemboard.

1.ReseatDIMM.

2.Systemboard.

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Table5.No-beepsymptoms(continued)

Symptomorerror

Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.

Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.T ypethepasswordand

FRUoraction,insequence

TypethepasswordandpressEnter.

pressEnter.

LCD-relatedsymptoms

Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-lmtransistors(TFTs).The

presenceofasmallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFT
LCDtechnology,butexcessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.

IftheLCDyouareservicinghastwoorlessvisibledefectivepixels,itshouldnotbeconsideredfaulty.
However,iftheLCDhasthreeormorevisibledefectivepixels,itwillbedeemedasdefectivebyLenovoand
itshouldbereplaced.

Notes:

•ThispolicyappliestoallThinkPadNotebookspurchasedon1January,2008orlater.

•LenovowillnotprovidereplacementiftheLCDiswithinspecicationaswecannotguaranteethatany
replacementLCDwillhavezeropixeldefects.

•OnepixelconsistsofR,G,Bsub-pixels.

Table6.LCD-relatedsymptoms

Symptomorerror

Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andablankLCDduring
POST.

•LCDbacklightnotworking.

•LCDtoodark.

•LCDbrightnesscannotbeadjusted.

•LCDcontrastcannotbeadjusted.

•LCDscreenunreadable.

•Charactersmissingpixels.

•Screenabnormal.

•Wrongcolordisplayed.

HorizontalorverticallinesdisplayedonLCD.LCDassembly.

FRUoraction,insequence

Systemboard.

1.ReseattheLCDconnectors.

2.LCDassembly.

3.Systemboard.

1.Seeimportantnotefor“LCD-relatedsymptoms.”

2.ReseatallLCDconnectors.

3.LCDassembly.

4.Systemboard.

Intermittentproblems

Intermittentsystemhangproblemscanbeduetoavarietyofcausesthathavenothingtodowithahardware
defect,suchascosmicradiation,electrostaticdischarge,orsoftwareerrors.FRUreplacementshouldbe
consideredonlywhenaproblemrecurs.

Whenanalyzinganintermittentproblem,dothefollowing:

1.Runthediagnostictestforthesystemboardinloopmodeatleast10times.

2.Ifnoerrorisdetected,donotreplaceanyFRUs.

3.Ifanyerrorisdetected,replacetheFRUshownbytheFRUcode.Rerunthetesttoverifythatno
moreerrorsexist.

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Undeterminedproblems

Ifthediagnostictestsdidnotidentifytheadapterordevicethathasfailed,ifwrongdevicesareinstalled,
orifthesystemsimplyisnotoperating,followtheseprocedurestoisolatethefailingFRU(donotisolate
FRUsthathavenodefects).

Verifythatallattacheddevicesaresupportedbythecomputer.

Verifythatthepowersupplybeingusedatthetimeofthefailureisoperatingcorrectly.(See“Powersystem
checkout”onpage28)

1.Turnoffthecomputer.

2.VisuallycheckeachFRUfordamage.ReplaceanydamagedFRU.

3.Removeordisconnectallofthefollowingdevices:
a.Non- ThinkPaddevices
b.Printer,mouse,andotherexternaldevices
c.Batterypack
d.Harddiskdrive
e.Externaldiskettedriveoropticaldrive
f.DIMM
g.PCCards

4.Turnonthecomputer.

5.Determinewhethertheproblemhasbeensolved.

6.Iftheproblemdoesnotrecur,reconnecttheremoveddevicesoneatatimeuntilyoundthefailingFRU.

7.Iftheproblemremains,replacethefollowingFRUsoneatatime(donotreplaceanondefectiveFRU):
a.Systemboard
b.LCDassembly

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Chapter5.Statusindicators

1

2

3

Thischapterpresentsthesystemstatusindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthecomputer.

Table7.Statusindicators

IndicatorMeaning

1

Capslock WhentheCapsLockmodeisenabled,theCapsLockindicatorisdisplayedonthe

screen.Y oucanenterallalphabeticcharacters(A-Z)inuppercasewithoutpressing
theShiftkey.

1

Wirelessstatus

2

Powerstatus

3

Sleep(standby)
status

4

Sleep(standby)
status

PressF9toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.Y oucanquicklychangethepower
stateofeachfeatureonthelist.

•Green:Theacpoweradapterisconnected.Ifabatteryisinstalledonthecomputer,
itischargedwhenthisindicatorison.

•Off:Theacpoweradapterisnotconnected.

TheilluminateddotintheThinkPadlogoontheouterlidofthecomputerandonthe
palmrestworksasasystemstatusindicator:itshowswhetherthecomputerisinsleep
(standby),hibernation,ornormalmode.

•Red:Thecomputerison(innormalmode).

•Fastblinkingred:Thecomputerisenteringsleep(standby)orhibernationmode.

•Slowblinkingred:Thecomputerisinsleep(standby)mode.

•Off:Thecomputerisofforinhibernationmode.

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Chapter6.Fnkeycombinations

ThefollowingtableshowsthefunctionofeachcombinationofFnwithafunctionkey.

Table8.Fnkeycombinations

KeycombinationDescription

Fn+Esc

Fn+F1

Fn+F2

Fn+F3Microphonemute

Fn+F4

Fn+F5

Speakermute

Ifyoumutethesoundandthenturnoffyourcomputer,thesoundwillremainmutedwhen
youturnonyourcomputeragain.Toturnonthesound,presstheSpeakervolumeupor
Speakervolumedownkeys.

Speakervolumedown

Speakervolumeup

Whenyoupressthemicrophonemutekey,alloftherecordingdevicesaresetonmuteor
unmute;thisisthedefaultsetting.

Putthecomputerinsleep(standby)mode.Toreturntonormaloperation,presstheFnkey
only,withoutpressingafunctionkey.

Notes:

1.T ousetheFn+F4keycombination,youmusthavetheThinkPadPMdevicedriver
installedonthecomputer.

2.Ifyouwanttousethecombinationtoputthecomputerintohibernationmodeor
do-nothingmode(inWindowsXP ,shutthecomputerdownorshowthepanelforturning
offthecomputer),changethesettingsinthePowerManager.

Enableordisablethebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingfeaturesandtheBluetoothfeatures.Ifyou
pressFn+F5,alistofwirelessfeaturesisdisplayed.Y oucanquicklychangethepowerstate
ofeachfeatureinthelist.

Fn+F6

Fn+F7

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Notes:IfyouwanttouseFn+F5toenablethefeaturespeciedinIEEEstandard802.11,the
followingdevicedriversmustbeinstalledonthecomputerbeforehand:

•ThinkPadPowerManagementdriver

•OnScreenDisplayUtility

•Wirelessdevicedrivers

Changethecamerasettingsandthesettingofthemicrophonemutebutton.Whenyoupress
Fn+F6,thecamerasettingwindowisopened.

Note:ForWindowsXPmodels,thesettingofthemicrophonemutebuttoncannotbechanged.

Applyapresentationschemedirectly,withnoneedtostartPresentationDirector.

TodisablethisfunctionandusetheFn+F7keycombinationforswitchingadisplayoutput
location,startPresentationDirector,andchangethesettings.

Note:IfthecomputerisaWindows7model,itdoesnotsupportpresentationschemes,but
theFn+F7combinationisavailableforswitchingadisplayoutputlocation.

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Table8.Fnkeycombinations(continued)

KeycombinationDescription

ForWindows7:

Switchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Windowswillshowthese
displayoptions:

•Computerdisplayonly(LCD)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(sameimage)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(extendeddesktop)

•Externalmonitoronly
Note:Toswitchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor,theWin+Pkey
combinationisalsoavailable.

ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:

Switchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Ifanexternalmonitoris
attached,computeroutputisdisplayedinthefollowingthreepatternsbyturns:

•Externalmonitor(CRTdisplay)

•Computerdisplayandexternalmonitor(LCD+CRTdisplay

•Computerdisplay(LCD)

Notes:

1.Thisfunctionisnotsupportedifdifferentdesktopimagesaredisplayedonthecomputer
displayandtheexternalmonitor(theExtenddesktopfunction).

2.ThisfunctiondoesnotworkwhileaDVDmovieoravideoclipisplaying.

Toenablethisfunction,startPresentationDirector,andchangetheFn+F7settings.

Note:MultipleuserscanlogontoasingleoperatingsystembyusingdifferentuserIDs.Each
userneedstochangethesettings.

Fn+F8DisplaybrightnessdownusingFn+F8.

Thecomputerdisplaybecomesdimmer.Thepurposeofthismethodistochangethe
brightnessleveltemporarily.Tochangethedefaultbrightnesslevel,changethesettingsofthe
PowerOptionintheControlPanelorusethePowerManager.

Fn+F9DisplaybrightnessupusingFn+F9.

Thecomputerdisplaybecomesbrighter.Thepurposeofthismethodistochangethe
brightnessleveltemporarily.Tochangethedefaultbrightnesslevel,changethesettingsofthe
PowerOptionintheControlPanelorusethePowerManager.

Fn+F10

Fn+F11PlayorPause

Fn+F12

Previoustrack/scene

Nexttrack/scene

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Chapter7.FRUreplacementnotices

ExternalCRUstatementtocustomers:

Someproblemswithyourproductcanberesolvedwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called
a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasSelf-serviceCRUsandothers
aredesignatedasOptional-serviceCRUs.InstallationofSelf-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility;youmay

requestthatLenovoinstallsanOptional-serviceCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.

WhereyouareinstallingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacement
instructionsareshippedwithyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Y oumay
ndalistofCRUsinthepublicationsthatshipwithyourproductorathttp://www.lenovo.com/CRUs.Y ou
mayberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:(1)return
instructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacementCRU;and(2)you
maybechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethedefectivepartwithinthirty(30)days
ofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

Thischapterpresentsnoticesrelatedtoremovingandreplacingparts.Readthischaptercarefullybefore
replacinganyFRU.

Screwnotices

Loosescrewscancauseareliabilityproblem.InThinkPadnotebookcomputers,thisproblemisaddressed
withspecialnylon-coatedscrewsthathavethefollowingcharacteristics:

•Theymaintaintightconnections.

•Theydonoteasilycomeloose,evenwithshockorvibration.

•Theyarehardertotighten.

•Eachoneshouldbeusedonlyonce.

Dothefollowingwhenyouservicethecomputer:

•Keepthescrewkitinyourtoolbag.Forthepartnumber(P/N)ofthescrewkit,see“Miscellaneous
parts”onpage95.

•Alwaysusenewscrews.

•Useatorquescrewdriverifyouhaveone.

Tightenscrewsasfollows:

•Plastictoplastic

Turnanadditionalangleof90degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceoftheplasticpart.

•Logiccardtoplastic

Turnanadditionalangleof180degreesafterthescrewheadtouchesthesurfaceofthelogiccard.

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Notes:

•Makesurethatyouusethecorrectscrew.Ifyouhaveatorquescrewdriver,tightenallscrewsrmlytothe
torqueshowninthetableforeachstepinChapter8“RemovingandreplacingaFRU”onpage49.Never
useascrewthatyouremoved.Useanewone.Makesurethatallofthescrewsaretightenedrmly.

•Ensuretorquescrewdriversarecalibratedcorrectlyfollowingcountryspecications.

Retainingserialnumbers

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonthefollowing:

•“Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit”onpage46

•“RetainingtheUUID”onpage47

•“ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation”onpage47

Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit

Whenthecomputerwasmanufactured,theEEPROMonthesystemboardwasloadedwiththeserial
numbersofthesystemandallmajorcomponents.Thesenumbersneedtoremainthesamethroughout
thelifeofthecomputer.

Ifyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustrestoretheserialnumberofthesystemboardtoitsoriginalvalue.

Beforereplacingthesystemboard,savetheoriginalserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.

3.Select2.ReadS/NdatafromEEPROM.

Theserialnumberofeachdeviceinyourcomputerisdisplayed.Theserialnumberofthesystemboardis
listedislistedas20:Serialnumber.

Writedownthatnumber.

Note:Theserialnumberofthesystemboardisalsowrittenonthelabelattachedtothebottomofthe
computer.

Afteryouhavereplacedthesystemboard,restoretheserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlaterandrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.

3.Select1.AddS/NdatafromEEPROM.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

IftheMTMandProductIDnumbersdifferfromeachotherontherearlabel,usewhatisshownforthe
ProductIDeld.Seeexamplebelow:

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MTMontherearlabel:

TTTT-CTOS/NSSSSSSS

ProductIDontherearlabel:

TTTT-MMM(Usethisnumberwhensettingtheserialnumber)

Intheexample,theSerialNumbertobeinputis“1STTTTMMMSSSSSSS”.

RetainingtheUUID

TheUniversallyUniqueIdentier(UUID)isa128-bitnumberuniquelyassignedtoyourcomputerat
productionandstoredintheEEPROMofyoursystemboard.Thealgorithmthatgeneratesthenumberis
designedtoprovideuniqueIDsuntiltheyearA.D.3400.Notwocomputersintheworldhavethesame
number.

Whenyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustsettheUUIDonthenewsystemboardbydoingthefollowing:

1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select4.AssignUUID.AnewUUIDiscreatedandwritten.IfavalidUUID
alreadyexists,itwillnotbeoverwritten.

ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation

InformationonEngineeringChangeAnnouncements(ECA)isstoredintheEEPROMofthesystemboard.
Theelectronicstorageofthisinformationsimpliestheproceduretocheckifanengineeringchangehas
beenpreviouslyappliedtoacomputer.

Tocheckwhatengineeringchangeshavebeenpreviouslyappliedtothemachine,usetheECAinformation
read/writefunctionontheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater.

1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.ToreadtheECAinformation,select2.ReadECA/reworknumberfromEEPROMandfollowthe
instruction.

4.Toreadtheboxbuilddate,select5.ReadboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructions
onthecomputer.

Afteranengineeringchangeisappliedtothemachine,theEEPROMmustbeupdated.UsetheLENOVO
ThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlatertoupdatetheEEPROM.

Note:OnlytheECAnumberisstoredintheEEPROM.ThemachinetypeoftheECAisassumedtobethe
sameasthemachinetypeofthemachinethathadtheengineeringchangeappliedtoit.

1.InserttheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.

2.Fromthemainmenu,select6.SetECAInformation.

3.TowriteECAinformation,select1.WriteECA/reworknumberfromEEPROM,andfollowthe
instruction.

4.Towriteboxbuilddate,select4.WriteboxbuilddatefromEEPROM,andfollowtheinstructionon
thescreen.

Ifthesystemboardisbeingreplaced,trytoreadtheECAinformationfromtheoldsystemboardandtransfer
theinformationtothenewsystemboard.Ifthesystemboardisinoperable,thiswillnotbepossible.

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Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU

ExternalCRUstatementtocustomers:

Someproblemswithyourproductcanberesolvedwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called
a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU.”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasSelf-serviceCRUsandothers
aredesignatedasOptional-serviceCRUs.InstallationofSelf-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility;youmay

requestthatLenovoinstallsanOptional-serviceCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.

WhereyouareinstallingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacement
instructionsareshippedwithyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Y oumay
ndalistofCRUsinthepublicationsthatshipwithyourproductorathttp://www.lenovo.com/CRUs.Y ou
mayberequiredtoreturnthedefectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:(1)return
instructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacementCRU;and(2)you
maybechargedforthereplacementCRUifLenovodoesnotreceivethedefectivepartwithinthirty(30)days
ofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.SeeyourLenovoLimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

ThischapterpresentsdirectionsanddrawingsforuseinremovingandreplacingaFRU.Besuretoobserve
thefollowinggeneralrules:

1.Donottrytoserviceanycomputerunlessyouhavebeentrainedandcertied.Anuntrainedpersonruns
theriskofdamagingparts.

2.BeforereplacinganyFRU,reviewChapter7“FRUreplacementnotices”onpage45.

3.BeginbyremovinganyFRUsthathavetoberemovedbeforereplacingthefailingFRU.SuchFRUsare
listedineachFRUreplacementsection.Removethemintheorderinwhichtheyarelisted.

4.FollowthecorrectsequenceinthestepsforremovingaFRU,asgiveninthedrawingsbythenumbers
insquarecallouts.

5.WhenturningascrewtoreplaceaFRU,turnitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

6.WhenremovingaFRU,moveitinthedirectionasgivenbythearrowinthedrawing.

7.ToputthenewFRUinplace,reversetheremovalprocedureandfollowanynotesthatpertainto
replacement.Forinformationaboutconnectingandarranginginternalcables,seeChapter9“Locations”
onpage79.

8.WhenreplacingaFRU,usethecorrectscrew(s)asshownintheprocedures.

DANGER

BeforeremovinganyFRU,turnoffthecomputer,unplugallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets,
removethebatterypack,andthendisconnectanyinterconnectingcables.

Attention:AfterreplacingaFRU,donotturnonthecomputeruntilyouhavemadesurethatallscrews,

springs,andothersmallpartsareinplaceandnonearelooseinsidethecomputer.Verifythisbyshaking
thecomputergentlyandlisteningforrattlingsounds.Metallicpartsormetalakescancauseelectrical
shortcircuits.

Attention:Thesystemboardissensitiveto,andcanbedamagedby,electrostaticdischarge.Before
touchingit,establishpersonalgroundingbytouchingagroundpointwithonehandorbyusingan
electrostaticdischarge(ESD)strap(P/N6405959).

BeforeservicingThinkPadX121emodels

SomeThinkPadX121emodelsyouareservicingmighthavetheSIMcardthatthecustomerhasinstalled.

IfthecomputeryouareservicinghastheSIMcard,removeitbeforeyoustarttheservicing.

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ToremovetheSIMcard,youneedtoremovethebatterypackrst.(See“1010Batterypack”onpage50.)

2

1

3

Afteryounishtheservicing,makesurethatyouinsertthecardbackintotheslotrmly.

1010Batterypack

Importantnoticeforreplacingabatterypack:

•LenovoThinkVantageToolboxhasanautomaticbatterydiagnosticthatdeterminesifthebatterypackisdefective.
AbatterypackFRUshouldnotbereplacedunlessthisdiagnosticshowsthatthebatteryisdefective.

•Theonlyexceptiontothisisifthebatterypackisphysicallydamagedoracustomerisreportingapossible
safetyissue.

•IfLenovoThinkVantageT oolboxisnotinstalledinthecomputer,thecustomershoulddownloadthisprogram
beforeanon-physicallydamagedbatterypackisreplaced.Notethatthereplacementofaphysicallydamaged
batterypackisnotcoveredbythewarranty.

Table9.Removalstepsofbatterypack

DANGER

Useonlythebatteryspeciedinthepartslistforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldigniteorexplode.

Unlockthebatterylatch 1 .Holdingthebatterylockleverintheunlockedpositionandremovethebatterypackin
thedirectionshownbyarrow

2 .

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Table9.Removalstepsofbatterypack(continued)

2

2

1

1

Wheninstalling:Installthebatterypackintheslot,andmakesurethatthebatterylatchisinthelockedposition.

1020Bottomslotcover

Foraccess,removethisFRU:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

Table10.Removalstepsofbottomslotcover

Note:Loosenthescrews 1 ,butdonotremovethem.

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1030Memorymodules

1

1

2

a

b

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

Table11.Removalstepsofmemorymodules

Note:Ifonlyonememorymoduleisusedonthecomputeryouareservicing,thecardmustbeinstalledinthe
upperSLOT

Wheninstalling:Insertthenotchedendofthememorymoduleintothesocket.Pressthememorymodulermly,
andpivotituntilitsnapsintoplace.Makesurethatitisrmlyinstalledintheslotanddoesnotmoveeasily.

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a ,butnotinthelowerSLOT b .

1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly

1

1

2

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

Attention:

•Donotdropthedriveorapplyanyphysicalshocktoit.Thedriveissensitivetophysicalshock.Improper
handlingcancausedamageandpermanentlossofdata.

•Beforeremovingthedrive,havetheusermakeabackupcopyofalltheinformationonitifpossible.

•Neverremovethedrivewhilethecomputerisoperatingorisinsuspendmode.

Table12.Removalstepsofharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×5mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

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Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Table12.Removalstepsofharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive(continued)

3

1

1

2

Wheninstalling:Makesuretheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassemblyisattachedrmly.

Table13.Removalstepsoftheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrivebracket

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M3×2.8mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.392Nm

Torque

(4kgfcm)

1050PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

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Table14.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN

2

1

1

3

Instep 1 ,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpicktheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunplugtheminthedirectionofthearrows.

Note:Somemodelsmighthaveathirdwhiteantennacable.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(1)

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU55

Table14.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessLAN(continued)

1

1

2

Wheninstalling:PlugthegraycableintothejackmarkedMAINorM,andtheblackcableintothejackmarkedAUX
orAonthecard.

Note:InmodelswithawirelessLANcardthathasthreeantennaconnectors,plugthegraycable(MAIN)intothe
jackmarkedTR1,thewhitecable(third)intothejackmarkedROorTR3,andtheblackcable(AUX)intothe
jackmarkedTR2onthecard.

1060PCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

Table15.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN

Instep 1 ,unplugthejacksbyusingtheremovaltoolantennaRFconnector(P/N:08K7159)orpicktheconnectors
withyourngersandgentlyunplugtheminthedirectionofthearrows.

Wheninstalling:PlugtheorangecableintothejackmarkedMAIN,andthebluecableintothejackmarked
AUXonthecard.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

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M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(1)

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Table15.RemovalstepsofPCIExpressMiniCardforwirelessWAN(continued)

3

1

1

1070Keyboard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

Table16.Removalstepsofkeyboard

Wheninstalling:Makesurethescrewshavebeenfastenedtosecuretokeyboard.

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×8mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU57

Table16.Removalstepsofkeyboard(continued)

2

2

3

4

6

5

7

8

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorsareattachedrmly.

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Table16.Removalstepsofkeyboard(continued)

1

Wheninstalling:Attachthekeyboardsothatthekeyboardedgeisundertheframeasshowninthefollowinggure.

1080Powersubcardandmicrophone

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

Table17.Removalstepsofpowersubcard

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU59

Table17.Removalstepsofpowersubcard(continued)

3

2

2

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

Table18.Removalstepsofmicrophone

M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(1)

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorsareattachedrmly.

1090T opcaseassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

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Table19.Removalstepsoftopcaseassembly

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

7

3

4

5

6

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

•Frontside:M2×5mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

•Rearside:M2.5×5mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

StepScrew(quantity)Color

Torque

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU61

Table19.Removalstepsoftopcaseassembly(continued)

8

8

8

9

8

8

8

8

8

2

1

2

M2×5mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(3)

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

Instep 8 ,pushthetopcaseassemblyoutfromtheframeasshowninthefollowinggurebyusingaplasticpry
tool,andremovethetopcaseassemblyinthedirectionshownbythearrow

Wheninstalling:Makesurethatalltheprojectionsofthetopcaseassemblyareattachedrmlytotheguide
holesofthebasecover.

1100Bluetoothdaughtercard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

Table20.RemovalstepsofBluetoothdaughtercard

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Table20.RemovalstepsofBluetoothdaughtercard(continued)

3

3

1

2

2

2

2

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectoronthebottomsideofthecardisattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(1)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

1110Speakerassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1100Bluetoothdaughtercard”onpage62

Table21.Removalstepsofspeakerassembly

StepScrew(quantity)Color

2

M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(4)

Black0.181Nm

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU63

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Table21.Removalstepsofspeakerassembly(continued)

3

4

2

1

Wheninstalling:Attachthespeakerassemblyandroutethecableasshowninthefollowinggure,andmakesure
thatthespeakerconnectorisattachedrmly.

1120I/Oboard

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

Table22.RemovalstepsofI/Oboard

StepScrew(quantity)Color

3

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmly.

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M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(1)

Torque

Black0.181Nm

(1.85kgfcm)

1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery

Importantnoticesforhandlingthesystemboard:

Whenhandlingthesystemboard,bearthefollowinginmind.

•Thesystemboardhasanaccelerometer ,whichcanbebrokenifseveralthousandsofG-forcesareapplied.

Note:Droppingasystemboardfromaheightofaslittleas6inchessothatitfallsatonahardbenchcansubject
theaccelerometertoasmuchas6,000G'sofshock.

•Becarefulnottodropthesystemboardonabenchtopthathasahardsurface,suchasmetal,wood,orcomposite.

•Ifasystemboardisdropped,youmusttestit,usingPC-DoctorforDOS,tomakesurethattheHDDActive

ProtectionSystem™stillfunctions.

Note:IfthetestshowsthattheHDDActiveProtectionSystemisnotfunctioning,besuretodocumentthedrop
inanyrejectreport,andreplacethesystemboard.

•Avoidroughhandlingofanykind.

•Ateverypointintheprocess,besurenottodroporstackthesystemboard.

•Ifyouputasystemboarddown,besuretoputitonlyonapaddedsurfacesuchasanESDmatoracorrugated
conductivesurface.

Afterreplacingthesystemboard,runPC-DoctorforDOStomakesurethattheHDDActiveProtectionSystem
stillfunctions.Theprocedureisasfollows:

1.Placethecomputeronahorizontalsurface.

2.RunDiagnostics➙ThinkPadDevices➙HDDActiveProtectionT est.

Attention:Donotapplyphysicalshocktothecomputerwhilethetestisrunning.

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1100Bluetoothdaughtercard”onpage62

Table23.Removalstepsofsystemboard

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU65

Table23.Removalstepsofsystemboard(continued)

7

2

1

1

4

3

6

5

8

9

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmly.

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Table24.Removalstepsoffanassemblyandbackupbattery

11

13

14

10

10

10

10

12

Loosenthescrews 10 .

DANGER

Useonlythebatteryspeciedinthepartslistforyourcomputer.Anyotherbatterycouldigniteorexplode.

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmly.

1140CRTboardassembly(withcable)

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU67

Table25.RemovalstepsofCRTboardassembly

2

1

4

3

3

StepScrew(quantity)Color

3

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

M2×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)

Black0.392Nm

1150DC-insubcardandbasecoverassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65

Torque

(4kgfcm)

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Table26.RemovalstepsofDC-insubcard

3

1

2

5 7

2

1

3

64

8

Applyinglabelstothebasecover

ThenewbasecoverFRUisshippedwithakitcontaininglabelsofseveralkinds.

Thefollowingillustrationsshowthelocationofeachlabel.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU69

109 11

12

16

15

1718

20

23

24

13

14

19

22 21

Note:IftheWindowsCerticateofAuthenticationlabel(COA) 2 or 9 isattachedtoapartthatisreplaced,
returntheoldpartwiththelabelattachedtothecustomer,orprovidealettertothecustomerstatingwhat
thelabelwasoriginallyonthesystemandwhatthelabelpartnumber,serialnumber,andproductkeywere.

Whenyoureplacethebasecover,applythefollowinglabels:

6 FCClabel

•

•

7 Serialnumberlabel

Thefollowinglabelsneedtobepeeledofffromtheoldbasecover,andneedtobeputonthenewbasecover.

•

1 OnboardLANMACaddresslabelorEthernetlabel

•

3 Certiedlabel

•

4 GEOlabel

•

5 Systemlabel

•

8 Informationlabel

•

10 Assettag

•

11 SIMICCIDlabel

•

12 Israellabel

•

13 PostellabelbySKUIndonesia

•

14 SIRIMlabelforModem/BT/WLAN/WWAN

•

15 NonEncryptionlabelorIndonesiaratinglabel

•

16 BrazilAnatelBluetoothlabel

•

17 BrazilAnatelBGlabel

•

18 BrazilAnatelWWANlabel

•

19 LeadcoreChinaMobilelabel

•

20 ChinaTelecomlabelforIMEI

•

21 QualcommFOXGobi2000label

•

22 IMEIlabel

•

23 ChinaTelecomlabelforWWAN

•

24 ChinaMobile,ChinaUnicom,orChinaWWANlabel

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Forsomemodels,youneedtoapplytwoFCClabels.Checktheoldbasecover;ifithastwoFCClabels,

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

applybothtothenewbasecover.

2010LCDunit

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65

Table27.RemovalstepsofLCDunit

Instep 1 ,releasetheantennacablesfromthecableguides.

Wheninstalling:

•Makesurethatthecablesareattachedtothecableguidesrmly.

•Whenyouroutethecables,makesurethattheyarenotsubjectedtoanytension.Tensioncouldcausethecables
tobedamagedbythecableguides,orawiretobebroken.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU71

Table27.RemovalstepsofLCDunit(continued)

2

2

1

1

1

1

StepScrew(quantity)Color

3

M2.5×5mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(4)

Black0.392Nm

Torque

(4kgfcm)

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Table27.RemovalstepsofLCDunit(continued)

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmlytothesystemboard.

2020LCDbezelassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65

•“2010LCDunit”onpage71

Table28.RemovalstepsofLCDbezelassembly

StepScrewcapScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×4mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(4)

Black0.181Nm

Torque

(1.85kgfcm)

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU73

Table28.RemovalstepsofLCDbezelassembly(continued)

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

Wheninstalling:Makesurethatallthelatchesareattachedrmly.Thensecurethebezelwiththescrews.

2030Integratedcamera

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65

•“2010LCDunit”onpage71

•“2020LCDbezelassembly”onpage73

Table29.Removalstepsofintegratedcamera

Wheninstalling:Makesurethattheconnectorisattachedrmly.

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2040LCDpanel,LCDcable,andhinges

1

1

1

1

2

4

3

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65

•“2010LCDunit”onpage71

•“2020LCDbezelassembly”onpage73

•“2030Integratedcamera”onpage74

Table30.RemovalstepsofLCDpanelandLCDcable

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

Wheninstalling:MakesurethattheLCDconnectorisattachedrmly.

M1.7×3mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(4)Silver

Torque

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU75

Table31.Removalstepsofhinges

1

1

2

2

StepScrew(quantity)Color

1

M2×4mm,wafer-head,nylon-coated(2)Silver

Torque

0.181Nm
(1.85kgfcm)

2050WirelessLANantennaassembly,wirelessWANantennaassembly, andLCDrearcoverassembly

Foraccess,removetheseFRUsinorder:

•“1010Batterypack”onpage50

•“1020Bottomslotcover”onpage51

•“1040Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedriveassembly”onpage53

•“1070Keyboard”onpage57

•“1090Topcaseassembly”onpage60

•“1130Systemboardassembly,fanassembly,andbackupbattery”onpage65

•“2010LCDunit”onpage71

•“2020LCDbezelassembly”onpage73

•“2030Integratedcamera”onpage74

•“2040LCDpanel,LCDcable,andhinges”onpage75

Table32.RemovalstepsofWirelessLANantennaassembly,wirelessWANantennaassembly,andLCDrearcover
assembly

ReleasetheantennacablesfromthecableguidesoftheLCDrearcoverassemblyandfromthehinges.

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Table32.RemovalstepsofWirelessLANantennaassembly,wirelessWANantennaassembly,andLCDrearcover

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

3

3

assembly(continued)

Cablerouting:Whenyouinstalltheantennaassembly,routethecablesasshowninthefollowinggure.Asyou
routethecables,makesurethattheyarenotsubjectedtoanytension.T ensioncouldcausethecablestobe
damagedbythecableguides,orawiretobebroken.

Chapter8.RemovingandreplacingaFRU77

Table32.RemovalstepsofWirelessLANantennaassembly,wirelessWANantennaassembly,andLCDrearcover

a b

assembly(continued)

a :WirelessLANAUXantenna(black)andwirelessWANAUXantenna(blue)
b :WirelessWANMAINantenna(orange)andwirelessLANMAINantenna(gray)

Note:SomemodelsmighthaveathirdwhitecableforwirelessLAN.

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Chapter9.Locations

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

ThischapterpresentsthelocationsoftheThinkPadX121ehardwarecomponents.

Frontview

1 Integratedcamera 7 Touchpad

2 Powerswitch 8 TrackPointbuttons

3 Securitykeyhole

4 acpowerconnector

5 USBconnector

6 AlwaysonUSBconnector

9 TrackPointpointingstick

10 UltraNavpointingdevice

11 Built-indigitalmicrophone

Forthedescriptionofthepowerstatusindicator,seeChapter5“Statusindicators”onpage41.

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Rearview

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1

2

2

3

1 Sleep(standby)statusindicator

2 Comboaudiojack

3 Ethernetconnector 7 Externalmonitorconnector

4 USBconnector

5 HDMIport

6 Fanlouvers

Forthedescriptionofthepowerstatusindicator,seeChapter5“Statusindicators”onpage41.

Bottomview

1 Batterypack 3 Bottomslotcover

2 Batterypacklatch

Forthedescriptionofthepowerstatusindicator,seeChapter5“Statusindicators”onpage41.

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Chapter10.Partslist

Thischaptercontainsfollowinglistsoftheserviceparts.

•“Overall”onpage82

•“LCDFRUs”onpage90

•“Keyboard”onpage94

•“Miscellaneousparts”onpage95

•“acpoweradapters”onpage95

•“Powercords”onpage96

•“Recoverydiscs”onpage97

•“Commonservicetools”onpage102

Notes:

•EachFRUisavailableforalltypesormodels,unlessspecictypesormodelsarespecied.

•FRUwithspecicmodelslistedanddescribedasxxU(whereUisanexampleofacountrydesignator)shouldbe
usedforallmodelsendinginU.

•FRUwithspecicmodelslistedanddescribedas3Dx(where3Disanexampleofauniqueconguration)shouldbe
usedforallofthesemodels,unlessspeciccountryorregiondesignatorisspecied.

•ACRU(customerreplaceableunit)isidentiedbyasingleasterisk(*)ortwoasterisks(**)intheCRUIDcolumn.An
NintheCRUIDcolumnmeansthatthepartisnotaCRU.Asingleasterisk(*)meansthatthepartisaSelf-service
CRU;twoasterisks(**)meansthatthepartisanOptional-serviceCRU.

ExternalCRUstatementtocustomers:

Someproblemswithyourproductcanberesolvedwithareplacementpartyoucaninstallyourself,called
a“CustomerReplaceableUnit”or“CRU. ”SomeCRUsaredesignatedasSelf-serviceCRUsandothersare
designatedasOptional-serviceCRUs.InstallationofSelf-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility;youmayrequest
thatLenovoinstallsanOptional-serviceCRUaccordingtothewarrantyserviceforyourproduct.Whereyouare
installingtheCRU,LenovowillshiptheCRUtoyou.CRUinformationandreplacementinstructionsareshipped
withyourproductandareavailablefromLenovoatanytimeuponrequest.Y oumayndalistofCRUsinthe
publicationsthatshipwithyourproductorathttp://www.lenovo.com/CRUs.Youmayberequiredtoreturnthe
defectivepartthatisreplacedbytheCRU.Whenreturnisrequired:(1)returninstructions,aprepaidshippinglabel,
andacontainerwillbeincludedwiththereplacementCRU;and(2)youmaybechargedforthereplacementCRUif
Lenovodoesnotreceivethedefectivepartwithinthirty(30)daysofyourreceiptofthereplacementCRU.Seeyour
LenovoLimitedWarrantydocumentationforfulldetails.

ThinkPadcomputerscontainthefollowingtypesofCRUs:
–Self-serviceCRUs:TheseCRUsunplugorareheldbynomorethantwoscrews.Examplesofthesetypes

ofCRUsincludetheacpoweradapter,powercord,battery,andharddiskdrive.OtherSelf-serviceCRUs
dependingonproductdesignmayincludethememorymodule,wirelesscard,keyboard,andpalmrestwith
ngerprintreaderandtouchpad.

–Optional-serviceCRUs:TheseCRUsareisolatedpartswithinthecomputerthatareconcealedbyanaccess

panelthatistypicallysecuredbymorethantwoscrews.Oncetheaccesspanelisremoved,thespecic
CRUisvisible.

•FRUsmarkedwith

OP areavailableasoptions.

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1

5

8

11

12

13

14

15

17

16

20

10

9

21

18

19

7

6

2

4

3

Overall

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Table33.Partslist-Overall

No.

FRU(Overall)

1

LCDunit(see“LCDFRUs”onpage90)

2

Keyboardbezelassemblywithngerprintreader

•3045-CTO,63x,64x,65x,66x,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

2

Keyboardbezelassemblywithoutngerprintreader

•3045-CTO,62x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx

•3048-CTO,24x,25x,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

3Powersubcard

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,
6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,
2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

4Microphone

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,
6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,
2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

4Microphone

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,
6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,
2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

5

Batterypack,6cellLi-ion(2.8Ah)

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Jx,6Mx,6Qx,
6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,25x,26x,27x,28x,2Dx

•3055-CTO,

FRUno.

04W1901N

04W1902N

04W2232N

04W2213N

60Y5748N

42T4957*

CRU
ID

Chapter10.Partslist83

Table33.Partslist-Overall(continued)

No.

FRU(Overall)

5

Batterypack,6cellLi-ion(2.8Ah)

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Jx,6Mx,6Qx,
6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,25x,26x,27x,28x,2Dx

•3055-CTO,

5

Batterypack,6cellLi-ion(2.8Ah)

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Jx,6Mx,6Qx,
6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,25x,26x,27x,28x,2Dx

•3055-CTO,

5

Batterypack,3cellLi-ion(2.8Ah)

•3045-CTO,69x,6Gx,6Hx,6Kx,6Px

•3048-CTO,26x,27x,28x,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,58x,59x,5Ax

•3053-CTO,24x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx

•3055-CTO

5

Batterypack,3cellLi-ion(2.8Ah)

•3045-CTO,69x,6Gx,6Hx,6Kx,6Px

•3048-CTO,26x,27x,28x,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,58x,59x,5Ax

•3053-CTO,24x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx

•3055-CTO

6Basecoverassembly

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,
6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,
2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

6

BasecoverassemblyforTaiwan

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

FRUno.

42T4959*

42T4961*

42T4953*

42T4955*

04W2230N

04W2231N

CRU
ID

84HardwareMaintenanceManual

Table33.Partslist-Overall(continued)

No.

FRU(Overall)

7

USBsubcard

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,

6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,

2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

8

Speakerassembly

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,

6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,

2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

9

VGAconnector

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,

6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,

2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

10

DC-incable

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,

6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,

2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

11Bottomslotcoverwithscrew

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,

6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,

2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

12

SATAharddiskdrive,250GB,5400rpm

•3045-CTO,62x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Gx,6Hx

•3048-CTO,2Lx,2Mx,

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,58x,59x,5Ax

•3053-CTO,24x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx

•3055-CTO

FRUno.

04W2233N

04W2214N

04W2234N

04W2235N

04W2216**

04W1793**

CRU
ID

Chapter10.Partslist85

Table33.Partslist-Overall(continued)

No.

FRU(Overall)

12

SATAharddiskdrive,250GB,5400rpm

•3045-CTO,62x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Gx,6Hx

•3048-CTO,2Lx,2Mx,

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,58x,59x,5Ax

•3053-CTO,24x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx

•3055-CTO

12

SATAharddiskdrive,320GB,5400rpm

•3045-CTO,6Fx,6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,5Nx,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax

•3055-CTO

12

SATAharddiskdrive,320GB,7200rpm

•3045-CTO,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,5Px

•3053-CTO,2Dx

•3055-CTO

12

SATAharddiskdrive,320GB,7200rpm

•3045-CTO,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,5Px

•3053-CTO,2Dx

•3055-CTO

12

SATAsolidstatedrive,128GB

•3045-CTO,63x,64x

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

12

SATAsolidstatedrive,128GB

•3045-CTO,63x,64x

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

12

SATAsolidstatedrive,128GB

•3045-CTO,63x,64x

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

FRUno.

04W1794**

04W1795**

04W1796**

04W1797**

04W1798**

04W1800**

04W1799**

CRU
ID

86HardwareMaintenanceManual

Table33.Partslist-Overall(continued)

No.

FRU(Overall)

13

Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-3.0)

•3045-CTO,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Dx,6Fx,6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,

6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,28x,2Bx,2Cx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,25x,26x,2Dx,

•3055-CTO

13

Bluetoothdaughtercard(BDC-3.0)

•3045-CTO,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Dx,6Fx,6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,

6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,28x,2Bx,2Cx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,25x,26x,2Dx,

•3055-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,AMDFusionE-350Processor,non-TPM

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,25x,26x,2Dx

•3055-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,AMDFusionE-240Processor,non-TPM

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,AMDFusionC-50Processor,non-TPM

•3051-CTO,52x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,24x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx

•3055-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,IntelCore™i3-2357MProcessor,withTPM

•3045-CTO,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,IntelCorei3-2357MProcessor,non-TPM

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO,2Bx,2Cx

•3049-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,IntelPentium

®

957Processor,withTPM

•3045-CTO,62x,69x,6Ax

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,IntelPentium957Processor,non-TPM

•3045-CTO,6Gx,6Hx,6Kx,6Px

•3048-CTO,29x,2Ax,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx

•3049-CTO

14

Systemboardassembly,IntelCeleron

®

847Processor,withTPM

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

FRUno.

60Y3271N

60Y3275N

04W1818N

04W1819N

04W2144N

04W1820N

04W1821N

04W1822N

04W1823N

04W1824N

CRU
ID

Chapter10.Partslist87

Table33.Partslist-Overall(continued)

No.

FRU(Overall)

14

Systemboardassembly,IntelCeleron847Processor,non- TPM

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

15

1GBDDR3-1333SDRAMSO-DIMM(PC3-10600)card

•3045-CTO,6Cx,62x,69x

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

15

2GBDDR3-1333SDRAMSO-DIMM(PC3-10600)card

•3045-CTO,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Rx,6Sx

•3048-CTO,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Dx

•3055-CTO

15

4GBDDR3-1333SDRAMSO-DIMM(PC3-10600)card

•3045-CTO,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,6Qx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,2Nx,2Px,2Qx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,5Nx,5Px,5Qx

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

16EricssonF5521gwWirelessWANcard

•3045-CTO,63x,66x,6Qx

•3048-CTO,2Nx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

16

EricssonF5521gwWirelessWANcardforMalaysia

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

16HuaweiEM660WirelessWANcard

•3045-CTO,6Fx

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

16

Gobi3000WirelessWANcard

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

FRUno.

04W1825N

55Y3715**

55Y3716**

55Y3717**

60Y3279**

60Y3267**

60Y3239**

60Y3257**

CRU
ID

88HardwareMaintenanceManual

Table33.Partslist-Overall(continued)

No.

FRU(Overall)

16

Gobi3000WirelessWANcardforMalaysia

FRUno.

60Y3283**

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

17

ThinkPad11b/g/nWirelessLANMini-PCIExpressAdapterII

60Y3247**

•3045-CTO,69x,6Mx,6Px

•3048-CTO,26x,27x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx

•3055-CTO

17

ThinkPad11b/g/nWirelessLANMini-PCIExpressAdapterII

60Y3249**

•3045-CTO,69x,6Mx,6Px

•3048-CTO,26x,27x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx

•3055-CTO

17

ThinkPad2x211a/b/g/nWirelessLANPCIExpressHalfMiniCardAdapter

60Y3251**

•3045-CTO,64x,65x,67x,68x

•3048-CTO,2Mx,2Px,2Qx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,5Qx

•3053-CTO,2Dx

•3055-CTO

17

IntelCentrino

®

Wireless-N1000

60Y3241**

•3045-CTO,62x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Gx,6Hx,6Jx,6Kx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

17

IntelCentrinoAdvanced-N+WiMAX6250,WWSKU

60Y3195**

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO,24x,25x,28x

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

17

IntelCentrinoAdvanced-N+WiMAX6250,RussiaSKU

60Y3209**

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

18Backupbattery04W0331**

19Thermalmodule04W2215N

20

Keyboard(see“Keyboard”onpage94)

CRU
ID

Chapter10.Partslist89

Table33.Partslist-Overall(continued)

No.

FRU(Overall)

21T rackPointcaps91P9642*

-

acpoweradapter(see“acpoweradapters”onpage95)

FRUno.

LCDFRUs

InThinkPadX121emodels,thetypeoftheLCDis11.6-inchHDLED-backlightLCD(T able34“Parts
list-LCD”onpage91).

CRU
ID

90HardwareMaintenanceManual

1

2

3

7

6

4

5

Table34.Partslist-LCD

No.

FRU(LCD)

1

LCDfrontbezel

2

LCDmodule,11.6-inchHDanti-glare

FRUno.

CRU
ID

04W2229N

04W1594N

Chapter10.Partslist91

Table34.Partslist-LCD(continued)

No.

FRU(LCD)

3

WirelessLAN/WANantenna

4Hinges

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

4Hinges

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

4Hinges

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

5

LCDcable

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

5

LCDcable

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

FRUno.

04W2223N

04W2225N

04W2226N

04W2227N

04W2224N

04W2245N

CRU
ID

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Table34.Partslist-LCD(continued)

No.

FRU(LCD)

6Integratedcamera

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

6Integratedcamera

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

6Integratedcamera

•3045-CTO,62x,63x,64x,65x,66x,67x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Gx,6Hx,
6Jx,6Kx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Px,2Qx,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,53x,54x,55x,56x,57x,58x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Nx,5Px,5Qx,
5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,25x,26x,27x,28x,29x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

7

LCDcoverkit,red,withWirelessWAN

•3045-CTO,62x,67x,6Gx,6Jx,6Kx

•3048-CTO,24x,29x,2Bx,2Dx,2Px,2Vx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,53x,54x,56x,58x,5Nx

•3053-CTO,25x,27x,29x

•3055-CTO

7

LCDcoverkit,black,withWirelessWAN

•3045-CTO,63x,64x,65x,66x,68x,69x,6Ax,6Bx,6Cx,6Dx,6Fx,6Hx,6Mx,6Px,6Qx,
6Rx,6Sx,6Tx,6Ux

•3048-CTO,22x,23x,25x,26x,27x,28x,2Ax,2Cx,2Kx,2Lx,2Mx,2Nx,2Qx

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO,52x,55x,57x,59x,5Ax,5Bx,5Dx,5Ex,5Px,5Qx,5Rx

•3053-CTO,22x,23x,24x,26x,28x,2Ax,2Bx,2Cx,2Dx

•3055-CTO

FRUno.

04W1897N

04W1898N

04W1899N

04W2220N

04W2221N

CRU
ID

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Table34.Partslist-LCD(continued)

No.

FRU(LCD)

7

LCDcoverkit,red,withoutWirelessWAN

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

7

LCDcoverkit,black,withoutWirelessWAN

•3045-CTO

•3048-CTO

•3049-CTO

•3051-CTO

•3053-CTO

•3055-CTO

Keyboard

Table35.Partslist-Keyboard

FRUno.

04W2250N

04W2251N

CRU
ID

LanguageFRUno.

Arabic63Y005263Y0124

Belgian63Y005363Y0125

BrazilianPortuguese63Y005163Y0123

Bulgarian63Y005463Y0126

CanadianFrench(058)

CanadianFrench(Acnor)

Czech

Danish63Y005663Y0128

Dutch63Y006663Y0138

Finnish,Swedish

French63Y005863Y0130

German

Greek(U.S.EnglishandGreeklayout)

Hebrew63Y006163Y0133

Hungarian63Y006263Y0134

Icelandic63Y006363Y0135

Italian63Y006463Y0136

Japanese63Y007863Y0150

Kazakhstan63Y006563Y0137

Korean63Y007963Y0151

LatinAmericanSpanish

Norwegian63Y006763Y0139

63Y004963Y0121

63Y004863Y0120

63Y005563Y0127

63Y007363Y0145

63Y005963Y0131

63Y006063Y0132

63Y005063Y0122

CRU
ID

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